Tee’s market price

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(Yesterday, 06:04 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: All the more reason to keep Higgins.

Giving Higgins $28m/yr to be our #2 WR and play less than 2/3rd of the snaps because the FA year might be bad is like drafting Kenny Pickett in the 1st round because the QB class is bad. 

Bad decisions are still bad decisions, regardless of the situation.

[BenZoo2]

(Yesterday, 05:45 PM)Synric Wrote: First Trey Smith now Osa Odighizuwa. Free Agency is going to be bad this year.

Sources; The #Cowboys plan to utilize the franchise tag on defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa if a long-term deal is not reached by Tuesday. No final decision but that is the current expectation.

The tag is projected at $25.1 million. pic.twitter.com/xVj4IK1f2z

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) March 2, 2025

Not surprised, it happens every year.  Here’s what I mean.  Sites post their top 50 or 100 free agents list?  Bengals fan drools over possibility of signing some off this list.  As tag deadline nears some of these guys get tagged.

Said bengals fan also cites list of teams that are over the cap or have so little cap space they can’t sign their own guys.  We can swoop in and get them.  Said teams work voodoo magic to create space, sign their guys.

Free agency hits.  First day is full players “setting the market” while bengals tend to sit back.  We justify this by saying I can’t believe those guys got paid that much.  This board collectively holds its breath until something, anything is done.

Don’t even get me started on mock draft season and draft weekend.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(Yesterday, 06:24 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Giving Higgins $28m/yr to be our #2 WR and play less than 2/3rd of the snaps because the FA year might be bad is like drafting Kenny Pickett in the 1st round because the QB class is bad. 

Bad decisions are still bad decisions, regardless of the situation.

I kind of see it the opposite. Signing some scrub to be the #2 out of desperation because you let Tee walk would feel more like a - take what we can get- Pickett type move to me.

[J24]

(Yesterday, 06:37 PM)BenZoo2 Wrote: Not surprised, it happens every year.  Here’s what I mean.  Sites post their top 50 or 100 free agents list?  Bengals fan drools over possibility of signing some off this list.  As tag deadline nears some of these guys get tagged.

Said bengals fan also cites list of teams that are over the cap or have so little cap space they can’t sign their own guys.  We can swoop in and get them.  Said teams work voodoo magic to create space, sign their guys.

Free agency hits.  First day is full players “setting the market” while bengals tend to sit back.  We justify this by saying I can’t believe those guys got paid that much.  This board collectively holds its breath until something, anything is done.

Don’t even get me started on mock draft season and draft weekend.

I'm very surprised that Osa (who has never gotten more than 5 sacks in a season)is getting franchise level money(especially considering it's a deep DT draft this year) and a guard is going to get franchise OT level money. 

FYI I think both are deserving of those contracts I'm just suprised that the NFL sees it that way.

With the recent cap spike teams are keeping their very good/slightly great players more often now than before. Which is why it makes sense to keep Tee because you are not going to get equal value for him in free agency.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(Yesterday, 09:17 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: I kind of see it the opposite. Signing some scrub to be the #2 out of desperation because you let Tee walk would feel more like a - take what we can get- Pickett type move to me.

Lets say I made a thread saying we should sign the Steeler's #2 WR. I said the last two years has had 650 yards and 900 yards and missed a ton of time each year with injuries, injuries that have plagued him his entire career. Then I say we should give him $28m/yr. There's not a single person on this board who would support that move.

It's only once we put on some deeply orange tinted fan glasses that suddenly the name Higgins and the Bengals uniform he wore, that folks judgement gets tainted.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(10 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Lets say I made a thread saying we should sign the Steeler's #2 WR. I said the last two years has had 650 yards and 900 yards the last two seasons and missed a ton of time each year with injuries, injuries that have plagued him his entire career. Then I say we should give him $28m/yr. There's not a single person on this board who would support that move.

It's only once we put on some deeply orange tinted fan glasses that the name Higgins and the Bengals uniform he wore, that folks judgement gets tainted.

If there’s one thing I’m known for it’s being a Bengal homer.

[007BengalsFan]

(10 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Lets say I made a thread saying we should sign the Steeler's #2 WR. I said the last two years has had 650 yards and 900 yards the last two seasons and missed a ton of time each year with injuries, injuries that have plagued him his entire career. Then I say we should give him $28m/yr. There's not a single person on this board who would support that move.

It's only once we put on some deeply orange tinted fan glasses that the name Higgins and the Bengals uniform he wore, that folks judgement gets tainted.

You are 100% correct with that statement